There are definitely cultural aspects to consider. Visible tattoos in creative industries in North America? Not a problem. In fact I think for graphic designers it could almost be a ‘plus’. But visible tattoos in Japan could more stridently exclude one from dealing with clients or working for certain companies. Even non-workday visible tattoos could be an issue, if for example there’s o-furo (public hot baths) involved…tattoos = yakuza. Or so I’ve been told.
We had an engineer come to work for us, who left his previous company (trucking transportation) because they didn’t allow BEARDS. This is in Seattle.